David A. Kapelman
Top rated Personal Injury attorney in New York, New York
Practice Areas:
Personal Injury,
Appellate,
Civil Litigation,
Medical Malpractice,
Animal Bites,
Construction Accident,
Premises Liability - Plaintiff,
Trucking Accidents,
Wrongful Death
Education Qualification:
Fordham University School of Law
Practice Areas:
Personal injury,
Appellate,
Civil litigation,
Medical malpractice,
Animal bites,
Construction accident,
Premises liability - plaintiff,
Trucking accidents,
Wrongful death
3 W 35th StNew York, New York, 10001
First Admitted: 1977, New York
Professional Webpage: https://www.kapelmanlaw.com/attorney-profile/david-a-kapelma...
Bar/Professional Activity:
- The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Tort Litigation, 1989-1992)
- 1981, U.S. Supreme Court
- 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- 1978, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
- 1977, New York
- New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers
- New York State Trial Lawyers Association
- Bronx County (Member, Judiciary Committee, 2013 – Present)
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- Recovery of $3.875 million in a Labor Law Section 240(1) case for a mechanical engineer who fell from a catwalk through an acoustical ceiling and sustained severe head injuries.
- Recovery of $300,00.00 for victim of lead paint poisoning., 2022
- Recovery of $500,000.00 for a pedestrian who tripped and fell over a raised manhole cover and sustained shoulder, elbow and nasal injuries., 2022
- Recovery of $3,000,000.00 for a worker badly burned at a worksite., 2022
- $1.2 million for a laborer who fell from a scissor scaffold.
- A jury verdict of $1.1 million for a client who was struck by a vehicle that fell off a tow truck.
- A $1.05 million settlement on the day of jury selection for a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle which mounted the sidewalk causing multiple fractures.
- A $1 million settlement, after summation at a 3 week long trial, on behalf of the head of personal security for a major rock band who was struck by a vehicle driven by the Mexican Secret Service while trying to prevent what he thought was an attempted kidnapping of the band. The defendants (the concert promoters) had offered $50,000 at the beginning of the trial.
- $950,000 for a construction worker struck by car at site.
- Numerous recoveries for victims of rape and sexual assault, including a $900,000 settlement for a 7 year old boy who had been sodomized by another boy at camp.
- $900,000 for trip and fall injury on a sidewalk obstruction.
- Recovery of $900,000 in a result that established new case law in a Labor Law Section 241(6) case for a laborer who was injured when a 90 pound piece of ice fell from the roof of a power plant under construction in Plattsburgh, New York.
- An $850,000 settlement for an Erb’s Palsy victim.
- A $745,000 post trial award for a firefighter.
- $675,000 for construction worker who suffered electrical burns.
- A $625,000 settlement for a woman who was attacked by two dogs.
- $615,000 for child bitten by a dog.
- Numerous awards in lead paint poisoning cases, including $655,000, $575,000, $475,000, $425,000, $400,000, $390,000, $310,000, $300,000, $285,000 and other amounts.
Representative Clients:
- Recovery of $1,787,000 for a worker seriously injured by a machine., 2023
Transactions:
- Recovery of $500,000 for a pedestrian struck by a Department of Sanitation truck., 2021
Honors/Awards:
- AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Educational Background:
- Cornell University, B.S., 1973
- Bronx High School of Science
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